XYHOCA POCHARD. 201 



received in a sickly state, and shortly after died : 

 " the cause of its death," he observes, " appeared to 

 be in the lungs, and in the membrane that separates 

 them from the other viscera ; this last was much 

 thickened, and all the cavity within was covered with 

 mu'cor, or blue mould." 



NYROCA POCHARD. 



(Fuligula Nyroca.) 



Fu. atro-olivacea , capite collo pcctorcque castanets, uropygio nigro, 



abdomine crisso maculaque alarum albis. 

 Dark-olivaceous Pochard with the head, neck, and breast ches- 



nut, the rump black, the abdomen, vent, and spot on the wing 



white. 



Auas Nyroca. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1 . 542. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 869. 

 Anas Africana. Gtncl. Syst. Nat. 1. 522. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 



875. Linn. Trans, xi. 178. 

 Anas leucophthalmus. Beckstein. Temm. I. c. 

 Sarcelle d'Egypte. Bnjf. Hist. Nat. Ols. 9. 273. Buff. Pi. 



Enl. 1000. 

 Canard a iris blanc, ou Nyroca. Temm. man. d'Orn. 571- Id, 



2 Edit. ii. 876. 



Le petit Millouin. Cuv. Reg. Anim. 1. 535. 

 Tufted Duck, var. Lath. Gen. %. 6. 541. 

 African Teal. Lath. Gen. Syn. 6. 555. Mont. Orn. Diet. Sup, 

 Ferruginous Duck. Mont. Orn. Diet. Sup. 

 Olive-tufted Duck. Sou. Brit. Misc. I. pi. 21. 

 Castaneous Duck. Mont. Orn. Diet. Sup. App. 



SIXTEEN inches in length : the beak is blackish- 

 blue, with its hook black : irides white : the head, 



